>From: Michael Lindsay (from Ireland)
HI,
28 YEARS WAS A LONG TIME TO WAIT TO SEE A BAND THAT I HOLD SO HIGH IT WOULD TAKE
THAT LONG TO CLIMB A (JACOBS)LADDER TO REACH THE TOP. I SAW RUSH ON THE "OLD GREY"
IN 1976 PLAYING XANADU, WITHIN 1 MONTH I HAD ALL THEIR ALBUMS UP TO FAREWELL TO KINGS.
FROM THEN ON I MANAGED TO COLLECT EVERYTHING ON VINYL UP TO TEST FOR ECHO,THIS BEING
THE START OF CD`S.
I WAS UNABLE TO GET TO ANY GIGS OVER THE YEARS DUE TO BEING "TRICKED BY `VARIOUS` CIRCUMSTANCES",
AND BECAUSE THEY NEVER PLAYED IRELAND.
MY FIRST AND SECOND GIGS WERE BIRMINGHAM AND MANCHESTER (R30). I WAS ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY!THEY
PLAYED SO WELL. GEDDY LOOKED LIKE A COLLEGE GRADUATE ON STAGE, AND HIS VOICE WAS BETTER
THAN I HAVE EVER HEARD. ALEX WAS IMPECCABLE AND NEIL CREATED NEW STANDARDS ON THE KIT.
AS FOR THE VIDEOS, IT WAS SO UNEXPECTED BUT TYPICAL RUSH. I COULD TALK FOR A WEEK TO DESCRIBE
THE EFFECT IT ALL HAD ON ME BUT I WILL JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT THESE GIGS WERE VERY EMOTIONAL
EXPERIENCES FOR ME, SO MUCH SO THAT I AM STILL FEELING A GREAT SENSE OF LOSS AFTER THE GIGS FINISHED,
LIKE WHEN A GOOD FRIEND OR RELATIVE GOES AWAY (SUDDENLY YOU WERE GONE!!)
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY HELLO TO ALL THE GREAT PEOPLE I MET ESPECIALLY TO AARON AND SEAN FOR
ORGANISING EVERYTHING,TO STEVE "THE SEEKER" FROM THE USA, WHOM WE SHARED A FEW PINTS, SONGS AND EXPERIENCES WITH.
I THANK GEDDY, ALEX AND NEIL FOR MAKING OUR MUSIC WORLD A BETTER PLACE. LONG MAY IT CONTINUE.
MICK "HEMIS-FEARS" LINDSAY
>Subject: R30 ANNIVERSARY TOUR
IRELAND